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When Nature Is Nurture, Part 2
by Peter Shelton
Jul 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Why do we end up where we do? For the author, a trip to Yosemite as a teenager played a significant role.
SPORTS WATCH
So Long B.C.S., Hello College Football Playoff System
by Gus Jarvis
Jul 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The time has come where we, as college football fans, have nothing to bitch and moan about any more.
Up Bear Creek on Hiatus
Jul 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Art Goodtimes will take a hiatus from his Up Bear Creek column until the November election, to campaign for his fourth term as the District 3 San Miguel County Commissioner.
UP BEAR CREEK | Remembering World War II – Memoir and Lies
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Conceived in war-time, born in peace-time, Goodtimes anticipates ‘The War’ on Blu-Ray.
VIEW TO THE WEST
When Nature Is Nurture, Part 1
by Peter Shelton
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Trailfinders Camp, and its rigid founder, played an unexpected roll in the author’s fate.
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An Olympic Dream Is Just a Coin Toss Away
by Gus Jarvis
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Heads or tails? Choose the right one and you’re on your way to compete in the summer Olympics in London. Choose wrong and all your efforts to become one of the world’s fastest women seeking a gold ...
SPORTS WATCH
Time to Move the LeBron Hatred on to Someone Else
by Gus Jarvis
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
I’ve hated LeBron James since his “Decision” to move to Miami but since the NBA Finals have gotten underway, I’ve changed my heart.
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The Curiosity Cousins Come to Visit
by Peter Shelton
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
In which the author’s curious, very smart, cousins come to visit.
UP BEAR CREEK
Trying to Gauge Forest Conditions Pre-Settlement
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Thoughts on celebrating the Constitution and kudos go out to the towns of Ophir and Telluride and the Sheep Mountain Alliance for holding the state’s feet to the fire.
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High Lunacy in Savage Basin
by Peter Shelton
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Lunar Cup has a long history of craziness, but in its heyday it was also a serious professional ski race.
UP BEAR CREEK
If You Can Still Dance With It
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Fire bans and water call-ups. Western folks have been talking about over-stocked forests, and urban folks have been talking about climate changes, and it all seems to be coming together – unlike ou...

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